In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a ...

Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the ...

Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a thick layer of ice were exposed to fresh ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

This week, researchers reported that weight and health markers may rebound when patients stop using some of the new hormonal ...

Buried beneath the ice of northwest Greenland, a Cold War outpost once designed for nuclear war planning is reemerging in ...

Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A team of researchers from Western Washington University (WWU) spent the past week in Greenland, conducting climate research focused on the Greenland ice sheet, the world’s second ...

Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to extract core samples and the secrets they contain from the deepest ...

For the first time on record, rain fell at the summit of Greenland ice sheet. Last weekend, temperatures at Greenland’s highest point rose above freezing for the first time this decade. That fueled an ...

The arctic island is the largest land ice contributor to rising sea levels. Greenland is known as the largest contributor to rising sea levels but a new study explores how the island's glaciers could ...